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This page will give you information on all the elective

and core courses offered in the Agriculture Department

 

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2026-2027
Ag Electives & Course Offerings

Agriculture Mechanics /

AHC Ag 155

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Pathway: Agriculture Mechanics

Grade: 9th - 12th Grade

Credits: A-G (G-College-Prep Elective) & AHC 

Course Overview: Basic Agricultural Mechanics is a two semester class designed to give the beginning student a feeling of worth and a positive attitude toward accomplishing basic tasks. It makes the student aware of the great need for an advanced educational background necessary to pursue a career in agriculture repair or general farming. The class is designed to teach basic shop skills.

*FFA & SAE are a graded part of this course and worth 10% of the overall grade*

Advanced Agriculture Mechanics

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Pathway: Agriculture Mechanics

Grade: 10th - 12th Grade

Credits: A-G (G-College-Prep Elective)

Course Overview: In this course, students will continue to build on the knowledge and skills gained in the Agricultural Mechanics 1 course relating to the transfer of matter and energy through electrical, fluid, thermal and mechanical systems.

*FFA & SAE are a graded part of this course and worth 10% of the overall grade*

Agriculture Welding /

AHC Welding 106

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Pathway: Agriculture Mechanics

Grade: 9th - 12th Grade

Credits: A-G Elective & AHC Credits

Course Overview: This course will allow students to earn an appreciation for welding, fundamentals of gas and electrical welding, and study the economic role welding plays in today's agriculture and related industries.

*FFA & SAE are a graded part of this course and worth 10% of the overall grade*

Animal Science /

AHC Ag 152

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Pathway: Animal Science

Grade: 9th - 12th Grade

Credits: A-G (G-College-Prep Elective) & AHC 

Course Overview:  This course is sequenced in such a way to expand the knowledge of advanced topics in animal science. Animal nutrition, physiology, and reproduction will be studied with attention to proper care of animals. Animal health practices and management techniques will be included.

*FFA & SAE are a graded part of this course and worth 10% of the overall grade*

Veterinary Medicine

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Pathway: Agriculture Mechanics

Grade: 9th - 12th Grade

Credits: A-G (D- Lab Science)

Course Overview: This is a course designed to provide students an applied scientific study in the area of animals and veterinary care

*FFA & SAE are a graded part of this course and worth 10% of the overall grade*

Ornamental Horticulture /

AHC Ag 156

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Pathway: Ornamental Horticulture 

Grade: 9th - 12th Grade

Credits: A-G (G-College-Prep Elective) & AHC 

Course Overview: Ornamental Horticulture teaches students about plants and how to maintain a healthy garden. Students also learn basic landscape ideas teaches students about the Ornamental Horticulture Industry.

*FFA & SAE are a graded part of this course and worth 10% of the overall grade*

Advanced Ornamental Horticulure

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Pathway: Ornamental Horticulture 

Grade: 10th - 12th Grade

Credits: A-G (G-College-Prep Elective)

Course Overview: 

*FFA & SAE are a graded part of this course and worth 10% of the overall grade*

The Art & History of Floral Design

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Pathway: Ornamental Horticulture 

Grade: 9th - 12th Grade

Credits: A-G (F-Visual & Performing Arts)

Course Overview:  The course emphasizes the necessary knowledge and skills to provide the student with a perceptual and tactile base leading to understanding artistic perception, creative expression, historical and cultural contexts: aesthetic valuing and connections, relations and applications of the visual arts

*FFA & SAE are a graded part of this course and worth 10% of the overall grade*

Advanced Floral Design

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Pathway: Ornamental Horticulture 

Grade: 10th - 12th Grade

Credits: A-G (F-Visual & Performing Arts)

Course Overview:  Advanced Floral Design is designed to build off students' knowledge gained in beginning Floral Design with theories and principles of artistic design. 

*FFA & SAE are a graded part of this course and worth 10% of the overall grade*

Agriculture Leadership & Communications

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Pathway: Agriculture Business

Grade: 9th - 12th Grade

Credits: A-G (G-College-Prep Elective)

Course Overview:  The Ag Leadership Class is designed for students who have an interest in pursuing a career in Agriculture or an interest in gaining knowledge on Agriculture.

*FFA & SAE are a graded part of this course and worth 10% of the overall grade*

Ag Economics AHC Econ158 &

Ag Government

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Pathway: Agriculture Business

Grade: 12th Grade

Credits: A-G (A History/Social Science) & AHC 

Course Overview: Ag Economics focuses on teaching students the basic of economics while tying in how agriculture plays an important role. Agriculture Government Policy fits both into the social sciences department and the agriculture department by offering an additional course that meets the requirements of the state social science standards, as well as the agricultural career pathway, which will prepare students for higher education in the agricultural industry.

*FFA & SAE are a graded part of this course and worth 10% of the overall grade*

Agriscience & Physics

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Pathway: Agriscience 

Grade: 9th Grade

Credits: A-G (D- Lab Science)

Course Overview: This course gives students a foundation in physics with related earth science and agriculture phenomena in addition to the Science and Engineering Practices.

*FFA & SAE are a graded part of this course and worth 10% of the overall grade*

Biology & Sustainable Agriculture

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Pathway: Agriscience 

Grade: 10th Grade

Credits:  A-G (D- Lab Science)

Course Overview: Sustainable Agriculture is a one year course designed to integrate biological science practices and knowledge into the practice of sustainable agriculture. 

*FFA & SAE are a graded part of this course and worth 10% of the overall grade*

Chemistry & Agriscience

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Pathway: Agriscience 

Grade: 11th Grade

Credits: A-G (D- Lab Science)

Course Overview:  This course explores the physical and chemical nature of soil as well as the relationships between soil, plants, animals and agricultural practices. Students will examine properties of soil and land and their connections to plant and animal production.

*FFA & SAE are a graded part of this course and worth 10% of the overall grade*

Advanced Integrated Science for Sustainable Agriculture

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Pathway: Agriscience 

Grade: 12th Grade

Credits: A-G (D- Lab Science)

Course Overview: This integrated class combines an interdisciplinary approach to laboratory science and research with agricultural management principles. Using skills and principles learned in the course, students design systems and experiments to solve agricultural management issues currently facing the industry.

*FFA & SAE are a graded part of this course and worth 10% of the overall grade*

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